Another icon of my youth, Leon Russell, passed away at age 74. A piano player from Lawton, Oklahoma, Russell became a member of the “wrecking crew,” that set of session musicians who were responsible for most of the pop music coming out of L.A. in the
Thank you, veterans, for serving all of us. A grateful nation offers you all kinds of freebies today. That is, certain businesses are giving veterans free lunches, free drinks, etc. Go here for a list.
My daughter told me about someone coming up to her after Donald Trump’s election as if to comfort her, saying how she would be “safe” here in Australia. It’s a common theme I’m seeing on TV interviews, social media, and in the liberal press: “I
Will Rahn, the Washington editor of the Daily Beast, no less (known both for its liberalism and its snarkiness), has written a mea culpa on journalists’ failure to understand the Trump phenomenon, a confession remarkable for its self-knowledge and its moral diagnosis. (more…)
Thanks to long-time reader Todd for linking me to the “Best article I’ve read on the election so far.” It’s indeed an outstanding analysis, connecting the Trump election to England’s Brexit vote as a long-overdue reaction of ordinary people to the clueless, corrupt, and condescending rule
Back in October, Donald Trump released what he called his “Contract with the American Voter,” spelling out the specific intiatives he intended to take during his first 100 days in office. I don’t think this got all that much attention, since few people thought he would
There is running for office and then there is governing, two distinct tasks requiring two very different skill sets. So now President-elect Trump has to put together a Cabinet, a team of advisors, a White House staff, and the rest of the Executive Branch. Trump
Last Summer, liberal pundits were looking forward to “the end of the Republican party.” That Republicans were doomed, due to the inexplicable nomination of Donald Trump and his inevitable defeat, was the expectation even of many Republicans up until election day. But the day after
Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The polls were wrong; the pundits were wrong; even many of his supporters didn’t think he could actually win. But he did. Not only was he an unconventional candidate–having never run for public office; having never
Being one of the people who got it wrong by being taken by surprise at Donald Trump’s election, perhaps I can justify, in a small way, the wicked kick I am getting at the reaction of the experts who just cannot get their minds around
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